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G. GRISEL.

CANDLESTIGK ATTACHMENT.

' 180.847,484 PatentedAug. 17, 1888.

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GEORGE GRISEL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOC.C. VOLBERG, OF SAME PLACE.

CANDLESTICK ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,484, dated Augu'st1'7, 1886.

Application filed January 20, 1886. Serial No. 180,224. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE GRIsEL, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement inChandelier and Candlestick Attachments; and I hereby declare thefollowing to' be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a device which is to be used in connection withcandlesticks, chandeliers, or other forms of candle-holders.

It consists of disks or plates having wires tted through them so as toserve as a support for the candle, and also to enter the candle stick orsocket, whereby the candle is held steadily and in a vertical position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is a view of my device attached toaCandlestick. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

This device is especially useful in con-nection with Candlesticks inwhich the socket or opening is of a certain size while the candles maybe of differentsizes, andeither would not enter the socket or would beso small as not to stand upright or be properly held in place.

A is the disk or plate, which is preferably made cup-shaped, and ofsomewhat larger diameter than'the top of the candlestick, socket, theconcave side being upward, so. as to receive any drippings from thecandle. Either this plate or the secondary one, to which it is secured,has radial slot-s B formed in it. In the present case I have shown fourof these slots, but a-greater or less number might be used, if desired.Beneath the slotted plate, and at a short distanc from it, is fixed asecond plate, C, of such diameter that it willjust enter the top of thesocket of the candlestick. These two plates are held together by a boltor rivet, D, so as to leave a space between them, as shown. E E arewires, of which I have shown two in the present case. The lower ends ofthese wires are folded, as shown at E', so that their outer sides form abearing, which will rest against the inner sides2of the socket of theCandlestick.

' Passingthrough the radial slots in' the plate C these wires are bentacross, as shown at F, so as to lie horizontally between the plates Aand C. They are then bent upward, so as to pass through the slots B inthe plate A, and extend upwardly to a sufcient height to hold thecandle, each wire being bent so as to form a partial curve or angularshape at the top, as shown at G, these curves clasping the candle andholding it steady between them. The bottom of the candle is held betweenthe wires, where they pass upward through the slots B inthe plate A.These wires are sufficiently elastic to allow different sizes of candlesto be introduced between their upper ends, and the candles will befirmly held in place by them. The lower ends have also enough of theelastic pressure againsty the sides of the socket to hold them in itwhen the whole is lset within the socket, the plate C being made to fitin its upper end.

It will be manifest that various modifications of this construction maybe used. The wires, instead of being continued above and below thedisks, may be made separate, those above being fixed to the top plateand those below to the bottom plate. The cup for the candledrippings mayalso be made separate from the upper disk and secured to it.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The circular disks or plates having notches formed therein, incombination with wires extending above and below the plates and engagingthe notches, whereby the wires are held in position, substantially asherein described.

2., The radially-slotted circular plates bolted together and having aspace between them, in combination with wires extending above and belowthe plates, and bent to hold the candle and engage the socket,substantially as herein described.

'3. The upper cup-shaped plate, A, and the underlying plate C, adaptedto fit the socket of the candlestick, in combination with the wires E E,the upper ends of which are formed to hold the candle above the upperplate, while the lower ends extend downward and it the socket in thecandlestick, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE GRISEL.

IVitnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, H. C. LEE.

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